Monday, December 21, 2015

Sabertooth “Psychedelicstonermicrofest”

WHAT: McMenamins presents the second annual Sabertooth MicroFest, a psychedelic
and stoner music packed weekend, taking place Feb. 5-7, 2016
in downtown Portland. Drawing on the counterculture history of the
Crystal Ballroom, Sabertooth celebrates the mind-altering experiences
that started in mid-'60s folk, rock and blues. From the Peace
Rites of Allen Ginsburg and historic performances by the Grateful Dead
through the Flaming Lips Boom Box Experiment, the Crystal has always
been the place to experience psychedelic music in all its forms. The
bands featured this year, including Super Furry
Animals, Red Fang and Built to Spill, represent a wide range of
psychedelic music styles and interpretations of the art form.

Courtesy McMenamins

In addition to a full music line-up, MicroFest goers and craft brew aficionados can enjoy the
Blasphemous Brew Fest
– a showcase of seven wild and weird small batch beer styles custom
made for the MicroFest by McMenamins and other local breweries. Beers
are available for purchase in Lola’s
Room on Saturday and Sunday
for ages 21 and over. Sabertooth ticket holders can bring beers from
the brew fest up to the Crystal Ballroom to watch the show.

In the spirit of the event, Al’s Den (at Crystal Hotel) features its own psychedelic stylings all weekend from 7-10 p.m. by two of Portland’s homegrown artists: World’s
Finest on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5-6 and Quick and Easy Boys on Sunday, Feb. 7.

McMenamins
Crystal Ballroom is a historic dance hall that has been a part of
downtown Portland, Ore. for 102 years. The hall has seen countless first
loves unfold, police raids, visits by silent
screen idols and Beat poets, psychedelic light shows, narrow escapes
from fire, demolition, and neglect, and a listing in the National
Register of Historic Places. Today the music palace hosts everything
from rock ’n’ roll and country, to hip-hop and big band
swing and is well-known for its original floating dance floor.

About McMenamins

McMenamins
operates 54 distinctive pubs, restaurants and historic hotels in the
Pacific Northwest. Founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin with a
single Portland neighborhood pub in 1983,
McMenamins today includes eight Washington locations and 45 Oregon
properties, 18 on the National Register of Historic Places. McMenamins
handcrafts its own beer, wine, spirits, cider and coffee and offers an
eclectic mix of pubs, hotels, movie theaters, concert
venues, spas and events for guests to enjoy.